Although this hasn’t been officially confirmed yet 3DRealms is thought to have been closed down. The news is being reported by several different sites including Shacknews, Gamasutra, and GamesIndustry.biz as a sudden closure that not many people were aware was coming.

One example of this was employee Joe Siegler who gave part one of a two-part interview with TechHotDish, but then promptly canceled the second part. In a 3DRealms forum post he later commented on the closure saying:

When I recorded [part one of the interview], I didn’t know. It’s not a marketing thing. It’s true. I have nothing further to say at this time.

Take-Two Interactive only held a publishing agreement with 3DRealms and were not funding any projects. Luckily it seems Deep Silver, who are publishing the handheld version of Duke Nukem Trilogy have confirmed that project will continue and is immune to this apparent closure.

So is this the final nail in the coffin of Duke Nukem Forever? We’re awaiting 3DRealms to officially comment on what exactly has happened.